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Farm
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
Main House - Dining hall • Drawing room • Sitting room • Study • Family room • Snug • Kitchen/breakfast room • Utility room
Larder • Boot room • Two WCs
Principal bedroom suite with two dressing rooms and en suite bathroom • Five guest suites
Formal gardens • Garaging for two cars • Storage barn • Green House
Equestrian Facilities - 105 Loose boxes • 35 Stalls • Covered trotting ring • Lunging ring • Covered horse walker
Office space - 5,231 sq ft office space with connecting 2 bedroom staff flat
Ancillary Staff/Groom Accommodation - 3 x three bedroom flats above the stables • 2 x two bedroom semi detached cottages
5 x three bedroom detached bungalows • 8 x three bedroom semi detached bungalows • Former hostel
This charming house is perfect for entertaining and family life. The house has been beautifully renovated by the current owners and offers a high standard of living with extensive entertaining space. At the centre of this wonderful family home is large family kitchen/
dinning room with an Aga and a Smallbone kitchen. In addition the house also benefits
from a drawing room, sitting rooms and family rooms as well as a utility room and boot room.
The impressive main suite has 2 dressing rooms and a bathroom and enjoys views over the surrounding countryside. There are a further five bedroom suites, one of which has its own separate stairs and dressing room, it would be possible to create a self contained flat within the house.
Adjacent to Hodcott House is garaging and within the garden is a green house and a large period timber framed barn which is currently used for storage. This offers potential for conversion subject to planning.
The property is approached via a tree-lined drive.
Hodcott House & West Ilsley Stables are set in a peaceful setting to the south east of the village of West Ilsley.
Nestled in the heart of the West Berkshire Downlands, West Ilsley is a quintessential English village with a cricket pitch and local
pub at its centre. Its thriving community, the beautiful scenery and rich local history dating back to beyond the Doomsday book make it a wonderful place to live. This small pretty village is set in a hollow beneath the nearby Ridgeway path with stunning rolling countryside. The property is surrounded by rolling countryside In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Comprehensive amenities can be found in nearby Newbury, Reading and Oxford.
The area is well served by both state and private schools and is in the catchment area for the Ofstead Outstanding Downs school in Compton. Other schools in the area include The Ilsleys Primary School in East Ilsley, Downe House, Brockhurst, St Gabriel's, Horris Hill, Elstree, Cothill, Chandlings, St Hughs, Radley College, Abingdon School, St Edwards, The Dragon, St Helens and St Katherine in Abingdon.
There are endless recreational opportunities in the village of West Ilsley, with a Cricket Club and tennis club as well as wonderful walks in the locality. Racing can be found at Newbury and Ascot and there are multiple golf courses nearby along with fishing, hunting and shooting all within easy reach.
Communications in the area are excellent, with a fast service into London Paddington from Didcot Parkway and Newbury stations, taking 35 minutes and 40 minutes respectively. Road links are also extremely good, with the A34 at East Ilsley giving quick access onto the M4 to Reading, London or the west.
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